On Critchfield's proposal: student concerns and recommendations.

The previous issue of The Behavior Analyst contained an article by Critchfield (2011), entitled ‘‘Interesting Times: Practice, Science, and Professional Associations in Behavior Analysis,’’ about a rift between the field’s scientists and practitioners. Critchfield observed that the science and practice of behavior analysis are subject to different contingencies of survival. He argued from history that scientists and practitioners are served best by aligning with separate professional associations to manage these contingencies. And, he concluded that behavior analysis would be served best if its scientists aligned with the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and its practitioners with the Association of Professional Behavior Analysts (APBA). When I, Ed Morris, read Critchfield’s article, I was swayed by his observations, argument, and conclusion, and sent him this e-mail: